Suggestions for Metro NYC safety schools?

College Search & Selection
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North Carolina D really wants to go to school in NYC (would settle for Philly or Boston). She will apply to Barnard, Fordham, and NYU. Undecided though not engineering. What would be good safeties in case she doesn’t get in to any of these or gets poor aid packages?

Could be in the city or suburb close enough for easy weekend jaunts. Drew is on the list.

GPA 4.0. SAT ~1400. Great recommendations, pretty good EC/Vol, essay TBD.

Thanks

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Check out Sarah Lawrence, maybe Manhattanville, maybe Stevens, the CUNYs (although getting housing can be tough.)

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We visited Sarah Lawrence but not Manhattanville. Stevens was too techie in my day but might have changed. I’ll look.

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St. John’s. Pratt Institute, Pace.

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Thx

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don’t forget Manhattan college (not to be confused with manhattanville)

Also yeshiva if you’re into that

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I think Queens College has dorms now. If she is willing to travel a bit north, SUNY New Paltz may work. The kids go into the city frequently on the weekends. There is also Ramapo College in NJ but I don’t know how easy it is to get into the city.

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Wagner, Hofstra? I don’t know anything about them, but Wagner is technically within the city, albeit in Staten Island, and I know a dad who was very impressed with Hofstra after a recent visit.

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Marymount Manhattan, on the UES

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I went to 4th thru 12th grade with the Dean of one of the colleges mentioned above.

She was such a snotty brat.

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Marist in NY; St. Joe’s in Philly; Villanova

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Villanova is not a safety.

Manhattan is a good suggestion. St. Peter’s? Seton Hall?

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I’d have her apply EA to Fordham and early to Manhattan (which I think has rolling admission) – then she should know by December if she gets in. Stevens is still very techy. In Philly look at St. Joe’s and also Drexel as safetys where she might get merit aid,

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Eugene Lang, CUNYs (especially Hunter, Queens, Brooklyn)

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Didn’t see the part about suburbs, Adelphi and Stony Brook fit that bill.

Also I forgot about LIU-Brooklyn (and I guess LIU-main campus, actually not sure where that is)

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Stony Brook isn’t exactly a suburb of NYC.

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I would not go to Sarah Lawrence, Eugene Lang, Marymount, Fordham etc. with the goal of engineering

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OP was not engineering. Fordham is high on the list (maybe 1st?) but they aren’t famous for aid.

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A safety has to ,wet three criteria.

  1. Student is very likely to be accepted.
  2. Student will attend if accepted.
  3. Family can afford to pay the cost for the student to attend.

The NY schools posted above are not safeties for this family…as there are twins heading to college…and many of the schools posted do not meet full need for all. The parents own a business which further complicates need based aid potential. Unless the family is certain these schools ATE affordable…they cannot be considered safety achoola.

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Temple. Their merit awards are hard to pin down, but they can be quite generous.